Letters from Benjamin Franklin 517 



To Messrs. Sube & Laporte. 1779. January 12. Passy. 



Is pleased to meet so many partisans of his country in France. Read 

 with pleasure the statutes of their Society and the verses addressed 

 to him. Appreciates the honors received from the Society of the friends 

 of America at Marseilles. Hopes the alliance between France and his 

 country will endure forever and contribute to the prosperity of their 

 city. Dr. by Jean Baptiste Le Roy of L. i p. (In French.) 



XLV, 137. 

 To Abbe Du Bois, Nancy. 1779. January 12. Passy. 



Thanks him for his letter and the ingenious fable in verse. Is not 

 proficient enough in French to fully appreciate the fine qualities of the 

 verse but thinks the idea of the fable excellent and well applied. 

 Pleased to hear of so many partisans of his country in France. A. Dr. 

 by Jean Baptiste Le Roy of L. i p. (In French.) XLV, 138. 



To The Continental Congress, Committee of Foreign Affairs. 



1779- January 15. Passy. 

 Money advanced to Ralph Izard and William Lee. (Incomplete.) 

 A. Dr. of L. 5 p. XLV, 139. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 310; Bigelow, VI, 294; Smyth, VII, 2i8). 



To Ralph Izard. 1779. January 20. Passy. 



His promise, whether made in the presence or absence of witnesses, 

 should be fulfilled; repeats his intention of sending a copy of the letter 

 with some farther reasons in addition. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. 



XIII, 47b. 

 To John Adams. 1779. January 22. 



Requests him to forward all the public papers in his possession. 

 Promises to keep them in order and to cheerfully furnish him with any 

 papers he may have occassion for. A. Dr. of L. in 3d P. I p. 



E. Mr. Adams on receipt of this, put all the Public Papers into 

 the hands of W[illiam] T[emple] Franklin. XLV, 140. 



To Messrs. Horneca, Fizeaux & Co. 1779. February 9. Passy. 



Requests them to replace the goods which were sent over to Congress 

 by mistake, for the account of Mr. Simeon Deane, charging the Com- 

 missioners with the account; he also asks them to remit the remainder 

 of the money belonging to the United States to Mr. Ferdinand Grand. 

 A. Dr. of L. I p. XLV, 141. 



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